Après Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720): Vénus accroupie reposant sur une tortue, bronze patiné sur un socle ovale en bronze doré, vers 1800

H 23,8 cm (incl. base)

The crouching Venus by Coysevox is part of the Louvre collection (Paris, Louvre MR 1826). The original model of Venus taking her ritual bath dates from the third century BC and was most probably made by the Greek sculptor Doidalsas of Bithynia.